Fastener for telescopic traveling-cases



(N`o Model.)

J, B.VDUG UID.

PASTENBR PoR T ELBSCOPIGLTBAVBLING- GASES. No. 526,829. Patented oet.2,1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OI-IN B. DUGUID, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

FASTENER FOR TELESCOPIC TRAVELlNG-CASES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,829, dated October2, 1894. Application filed December 26, 1893. Serial No. 494,654. (Nomodel.)

To all whom iz? may concern.-

Be in known that I, JOHN B. Ducoin, of

Toledo, county of Lucas, and State of Ohio, have invented certain 'newand useful Improvements in Fasteners for Telescopic Traveling-Oases; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will venable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the gures of reference markedthereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to afastener for' telescoplc traveling cases, andhas for its object to provlde a fastener which shall secure the sectionstogether at any point and conslsts 1n plates secured to the body portionVof the case, said` plates being provided with a plurality cfnon-circular openings along the length of the same, the topfof the casebelng provlded'with catches for. co-action rwith the openings by whichthe top and body are secured together at any point.

The invention further consists in the parts shown, described andclaimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a telescopictraveling case, showing my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the body plate. Fig. 3 1s a front elevation of thecatch removed from theXtop of the case. Fig. 4 is a like view of therear side of the same. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation through a portionof the/top of the case, showing the catch in section. Flg. 6 is a frontelevation of the combined catch and lock, detached from the top of thecase. Fig. 7 is a like View with the covering for the lock removed.

1 designates the body portion, and 2 the top portion of the telescopiccase. -To the body portlon upon each side and near each end are securedthe body plates 3, which are formed with the side flanges 4, connectedby the raised face plate 5, and in the side of/said flanges areperforations 6, through which pass rivets by which the body plate issecured to the body of the case. In the raised face plate 5 of the bodyplate is a series of diamond shaped openings 7 along the length of thesame, the said openings being preferably horizontal to the width of theplate.

8 designates a catch which comprises a plate .9, having anannular flange10, the plate being bent outwardly forming an annular shoulder 11, andthen inwardly forming a hollow centerv 12.

Top 2 of the case is cut out, as at 13, and

the plate 9 is inserted therein, the flange 10 resting upon the edge ofthe annular opening in the case, and is riveted thereto by rivets 11.1Epassing through perforations 15 in the flange, and through the top ofthe case. Journaled in the plate 9 is a pin 16, having on the outer endof the same a thumb piece 17, the outer side of the thumb piece beingpreferably lower than the shoulder 11, and upon the inner end of the pin16 is. secured the diamond shaped catch 18, which is of ysubstantiallythe same shape as the openings 7, in the body plate, there being spaceleft between the catch 18 and the plate 9 equal to the thickness of thebody plate.

The preferred methodof securing the top consists in providing the topwith two catches, each at diametrically opposite corners, the remainingcorners having a combined catch and lock.

In the combined catch and lock, the catch is identical with the one justdescribed, with the exception, that one end of the thumb piece 17 has arecess 19, and the plate 9 elongated to receive a locking bolt 20, whichis held in place by staples 21 and 22, there being a spring 23 engagingthe bolt by which to hold the same in a locked and unlocked position.

To lock or unlock the catch, a key is inserted in the key-hole 24 of aplate 25 secured to the plate 9, which serves to cover the lock and'prevent access thereto when the bolt can be drawn or re-drawn to lock orunlock the catch. In order to serve as a further protection' againsttampering with the' lock, the lower end of the plate 25, has inwardlyprojecting anges 26, leaving a space 27 through which the thumb piecemay revolve in catching or releasing the plate 18 from the opening inthe body plate.

In operation the body of the case being filled, the top istelescopically secured thereon, and is forced downwardly until thecontents of the case have the desired compression, when the plate 18(which is previously turned ICO horizontal in the same alignment as theopen lugs in the body plate) when the catch is inserted in the openings7 in the body plate opposite the same, and the thumb piece istnrned,thereby fastening the top securely to place, and if it is desiredto lock the top, a key is inserted in the key hole 24, and the bolt isthrown into recess 19 in the thumb pieces of the catch when the catch islocked.

It will be seen that I may employ catches and dispense with the lock. Itwill be also seen that the opening 7 may have any inelination or be ofany shape, the plate 18 having the same shape and being at the sameangle, without departing from the spirit of my 1nvention.

What I claim isl. In a telescospic traveling case, a body, body platessecured thereto, each having a raised face plate, a plurality ofnon-circular openings along the length of the face plates, a top, platessecured thereto, pins j onrnaled in the plates, having a thumb piece forrevolving the same, catches upon the inner ends of a size and shape ofthe openings, whereby when they are inserted therein and revolved, thepins engage the sides of the openings and the catches engage with theinside of the face plates, holding the pins in engaged position with theface plate.

In a telescopic traveling case, a body, body plates secured theretohavingaplurality of non-circular openings along the length of the same,a top, plates secured thereon, pins journaled in the plates, a thumbpiece upon the pins for revolving the same, an elongated catch upon theinner end, of asize and shape corresponding to the openings in the bodyplate, whereby when the catch is inserted and turned, it engages withthe inside of the body plate, said catch being at its widest pointapproximately the size of the pin, whereby the top is held from verticalmovement.

3. In a telescopic traveling case, a body, body plates secured thereto,each having a raised face plate, a plurality of non-circular openingsalong the length of the face plates, a top, plates secured thereto, pinsjournaled in the plates, having a thumb piece for revolving the same,catches upon the inner ends, of a size and shape of the openings,whereby when they are inserted therein and revolved, the pins engage thesides of the openings and the catches engage With the inside of the taceplate, holding the pins in engaged position with the face plate, and alock for the catch.

4:. In a telescopic traveling case, a body, body plates secured theretohavingaplurality ot' non-circular openings along the length of the same,a top, plates secured thereto, pins journaled in the plate having athumb piece for revolving the same, and a catch upon the inner end ofthe same of a size and shape to enter the openings in the body plate,and when turned, engage therewith, a bolt movably secured in the topplate, and means whereby when it is moved forward it engages with therecess in the thumb piece, locking the catch in an engaged position. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby aiiix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. DUGUID.

Witnesses:

VVILLIAM WVEBSTER, CARROLL J. WEBsTER.

